King Stephen, 1135-1154I. Parentage and early life, c. 1096-1135 -- II. The succession, 1135-1136 -- III. Mistakes, 1136-1139 -- IV. The empress and her party, 1136-1140 -- V. Disaster, 1140-1141 -- VI. Recovery, 1141 ; Postscript: the empress Matilda and the church -- VII. A second start, 1142-1143 -- VIII. Stalemate, 1143-1147 -- IX. The new opposition, 1147-1149 -- X. The magnate's peace, 1150-1154 -- Appendix I: Earls and earldoms -- Appendix II. Principal participants in the Civil War -- Appendix III. The chronicle sources -- Appendix IV: Politics and property -- Appendix V: The Beaumont twins: Waleran of Meulan and Robert Earl of Leicester -- Appendix VI: Geoffrey de Mandeville -- Appendix VII: Ranulf Earl of Chester and Coventry -- Appendix VIII: Regesta iii: additions and corrections. |
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Parentage and Early Life c 10961135 1223 34 | 3 |
The Succession 11351136 | 14 |
Mistakes 11361139 | 22 |
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